Definition of "cocoyam" [cocoyam]

• See taro. (noun)

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• "The leaves are rather slippery and are normally mixed with other leafy vegetables such as cocoyam (maburu), pumpkin (mhango), Asystasia gangetica"
• "Taro is sometimes confused with malanga, yautia, and cocoyam, tubers of a number of New World tropical species in the genus Xanthosoma, which are also arums protected by oxalate crystals."
• "Cowpea is a major leafy vegetable among the Mijikenda, often mixed with leaves of sweet potato (mabwe), cocoyam (maburu), pumpkin and"